Tony Rafty collection
- Bib ID:
- 7330512
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Rafty, Tony, 1915-2015, artist
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. PIC Drawer 31-37 #R10704-R10756 copy
- Description:
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- 1945-1972
- 64 drawings : pen, ink, wash, charcoal ; 46 x 32.3 cm, or smaller + 9 manuscripts
- Biography/History:
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This majority of items in this collection of drawings were completed by Australian artist Tony Rafty in Indonesia in 1945. Rafty had been an official war artist for the Military History Section of the Australian Army in Papua New Guinea, Borneo and Singapore during World War II. After the war he visited Indonesia as a representative of the Sydney daily newspaper The Sun. He spent five months in Java, mainly in Surabaya, Bandung and Jakarta. He witnessed the Battle of Surabaya, travelled frequently with President Soekarno and was involved in many diplomatic events during his time there.
- Notes:
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- Title from acquisitions documentation.
- PIC Drawer 31-37 #R10704-R10756 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-379202385
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from the artist by Australia/Indonesia Business Corporation Committee in 1979. The works were framed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and presented to the Australian Cultural Centre in Jakarta, then to the National Library of Australia in 1988.
- Subject:
- Terms of Use:
- Copyright restrictions may apply.
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This collection contains 54 records. - Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2085 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 2015
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1972
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